TRUMP sides with JOHNSON as MTG threatens to force a vote on ousting the Speaker.

'I think he’s doing a very good job, he’s doing about as good as you’re going to do & I’m sure that Marjorie understands that.'

More on the Mar-a-Lago meetup The Hill:
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Biden surrogate: ‘Cowardly’ Trump won’t go to Ukraine because ‘Putin doesn’t want him to’
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Trump has endorsed Jerrod Sessler, the far-right MAGA challenger to WA-04's Rep. Dan Newhouse - who narrowly survived his Trump impeachment vote in 2022. #waelex

Trump: “I stand with the speaker. We’ve had a very good relationship.”

Says “it’s not an easy situation for any speaker… he’s doing a very good job, he’s doing about as good as you’re going to do. And I’m sure Marjorie understands that.”

Trump now says Johnson is “doing a really good job under really tough circumstances.'

NEWS: RFK Jr. announces first event with VP pick

Their first event together on April 22

American Values 2024, the super PAC backing Kennedy’s bid hopes to feature both at events starting in May

AV2024 raised $2.7 million from 3 recent events
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Internal Sam Brown poll of likely Rs from Tarrance Group (who polls for NRSC) finds Brown with a 52-point lead over next closest challenger

Brown - 58%
Undecided - 22%
Marchant - 6%
Gunter - 3%
Grady - 3%

First published in Breitbart

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NEWS: Donald Trump will appear at a fundraiser for the joint fundraising committee Trump 47 in Charlotte, North Carolina on April 20 alongside RNC Chairman Michael Whatley (former NCGOP chair) and RNC co-chair Lara Trump, per invite obtained by National Review

Vice President Harris to return to late-night TV with a Jimmy Kimmel Live appearance next week...interview comes after Kimmel's war of words with former President Trump was reignited at last month's Oscars. thehill.com/blogs/in-the-k…

SCOOP: Rep. Ritchie Torres urges NY colleges to curb antisemitism following the recent ADL's report that found none of the 14 schools got an A

'Instead of leading in the fight against antisemitism, New York is lagging,' Torres said
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Scoop: DeSantis projected cautious optimism to donors last weekend that FL pro-choice advocates' 2024 abortion rights constitutional amendment won't succeed (citing 60% threshold as huge barrier), tho he acknowledged tough political/financial fight ahead
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NEWS: Progressives Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush have formed a joint fundraising committee called 'Sisters Saving Lives'

JFC allows donors to write a check of up to $13,200 during an election cycle which can be dispersed between candidates
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UPDATE: Rep. Tlaib's office confirmed about the committee's recent formation.

Tlaib previously created another JFC with Rep. Bowman in February. Bowman is running for reflection in NY-16 against Westchester County Executive George Latimer

MO-1 NEWS: Seems that Reps. Tlaib and Bush formed a joint fundraising committee dubbed 'Sisters Saving Lives.'

Bush is running for reelection in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District against primary challenger, prosecutor Wesley Bell

Scooplet—>

Murphy backs Alsobrooks in Maryland Democratic Senate primary #MDSen thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Johnson to The 700 Club on the MTV threat hanging over him: “Well, I try to follow all the biblical admonitions as I do every day. And one of them says you bless those who persecute you. I'm getting a lot of practice in that right now.”

New w/ Steve Contorno: Kari Lake is actively lobbying AZ state lawmakers to repeal the 160-year-old law she once supported that bans abortion in almost all cases & revert to legislation signed in '22 by fmr Gov. Ducey that bans abortion at 15 weeks, per source familiar w/ the convos

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Donald Trump is scheduled to be the keynote speaker in Palm Beach next month as part of a Trump bundler retreat on May 3 and 4.

Bundlers who raise $100k+ since May 2023 are invited.

Here's the invite.

'Long processing delays of trucks entering Gaza are creating a backlog of humanitarian aid in the enclave, thwarting the distribution of food and medical aid to more than 2.2 million people, aid workers say.' Important piece by Erin Banco Alex Ward politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

Sen. Jon Tester, a key vote on whether to move forward with impeachment trial, confronts DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border mess at appropriations hearing : 'You need to step up!'

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